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NOAA Aircraft Operations: Cost Analysis Does Not Support Decision to Relocate

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 21, 1992
Report No. GGD-93-41
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Summary:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) desire to relocate its Aircraft Operations Center to better facilities at a government-owned installation is understandable. NOAA's cost analysis of the move from Miami to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, however, was neither thorough nor adequately supported by facts. NOAA (1) failed to include the cost of running the MacDill airfield after the Air Force closes it in 1994 and (2) lacked support for estimated rental costs at commercial airports considered as alternative locations. Because responsibility for running the MacDill airbase beyond 1994 remains murky, operational costs there are unknown. NOAA will likely be liable for some of the airfield's operating costs, which could exceed the costs of leasing space elsewhere. From a cost perspective, NOAA's decision to relocate was risky and potentially premature, mainly because of the cost uncertainties.

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